Posts tagged “cybersecurity”

Hoo boy, is the US military dumb. You know .mil domain, used for sites like Pentagon.mil? Well,...Jan 26, 2003

Anyone could register .mil domains, including pentagon.mil, with no password required, thanks to two completely open pages on the military's own servers. The Register broke it but stayed coy about details. Slashdot didn't. Neither will I. Go nuts before they fix it.

An interesting argument and counter-argument about how computer security should work. One side...Nov 14, 2001

I explore two opposing views on disclosing security vulnerabilities. Full disclosure with exploit code may spike attacks but drives patching. Secrecy spreads attacks over time with less patching. Both extremes seem wrong: publicize vulnerabilities, yes, but step-by-step attack guides go too far.

Okay, so this one's worth mentioning... a black-hat hacker's diary on ZDNet: they paid two...Apr 3, 2001

Interesting ZDNet piece featuring professional scam artists' diaries. They exploit AOL's screen name policy as a spamming springboard. Also, work picked up: converting Excel spreadsheets to Access databases with incompatible formats, which may mean learning VBA.